MOSDOH Facts

MISSOURI SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY & ORAL HEALTH (MOSDOH)

MOSDOH was granted initial accreditation from the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) in August 2013.

MOSDOH’s inaugural dean is RADM (ret.) Christopher G. Halliday, DDS, MPH, former assistant surgeon general of the United States.

The first class of 42 students entered on Oct. 1, 2013.

Students complete their first two years of study on ATSU’s Kirksville, Mo., campus.

Third- and fourth-year clinical education is based in St. Louis, which provides an adequate population base of patients in need of dental services. At least half of the fourth-year clinical experiences are distributed in community health centers (CHCs) and other safety net clinics in Missouri and the Midwest, including our partner in Kirksville – the Northeast Missouri Health Council.

Forming partnerships with CHCs carries out MOSDOH’s mission to serve underserved populations, including the uninsured, underinsured, and rural areas.

MOSDOH will help to address a critical shortage of dentists in Missouri.

Missouri ranked second to last in the percentage of children aged 1-18 receiving any dental service *1

Missouri was ranked 47th nationally in the percentage of residents visiting a dentist in a year (62.6%) *2

MOSDOH is housed in the new, 62,000-square-foot Interprofessional Education & Dentistry School building.

Northeast Missouri Health Council and ATSU dental facilities work together on ATSU’s Missouri campus.

The Missouri Foundation for Health (MFH) awarded MOSDOH a total of $3 million over a three-year project period to help plan, develop, and launch the new and innovative Missouri dental school. MFH is a philanthropic organization whose vision is to improve the health of the people in the communities it serves.

Local economic impact: Based upon 40 students in each of the first- and second-year classes, economic impact on the greater Kirksville area will be approximately $40 million annually.

Community Friends for ATSU Dental: The Missouri Dental Program would not be possible without the grassroots efforts of Community Friends for ATSU Dental. This group raised more than $1.1 million to help make the case for the new dental program to be located in Kirksville.